Letter to parents Dear Parents,

Welcome to My Home Booklet! After completing each unit of Kid’s Box 5 at school, your child will bring My Home Booklet home, to show you the language that they have been learning.

Each of the 9 units in My Home Booklet contains the following activities:

The activities on the fi rst page practise the main vocabulary and grammar from the unit. Make sure your child understands what to do, then encourage them to complete the activity independently. As your child fi nishes each activity, encourage them to read out their answers, pointing to the pictures where appropriate. If you spot a mistake, don’t point it out yet. Often in reading out their own answers, children will spot any mistakes themselves. You might also like to ask them questions in English, or to encourage them to say sentences about themselves, as appropriate.

The activities at the beginning of the second page focus on reading and writing. Each unit focuses on a different type of text. First there is a short reading text, using language from the unit, and a simple comprehension activity. This text will provide a model for the children’s own writing.

The reading activity is usually followed by an activity that draws attention to a particular feature of the text already practised in the Activity Book, such as punctuation, adjectives or syllables. Finally, children write a text using the model in the reading activity and some of the language they have been learning in the unit. Encourage them to think carefully before they write, or preferably to write a draft version of their text before copying it neatly into My Home Booklet.

The last activity is a self-evaluation activity. Ask your child to read the ‘I can...’ statements, and to think about whether each statement is true for them. They should colour the appropriate face to indicate how well they think they can do each thing.

Note: The picture icons next to the faces in Basic competences progress at the bottom of the page indicate the relevant competences, as set out by the Council of Europe and the Spanish Primary curriculum.

1 Language competence 2 Mathematical competence and basic

competences in science and technology 3 Digital competence 4 Learning to learn 5 Social and civic competences 6 Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship 7 Cultural awareness and expression

At the end of the book, you will also fi nd a Picture dictionary for your child to translate the key words into their own language. There is also a special section entitled ‘Spelling’ to review and practise the key sounds and spellings that were worked on in the Pupil’s Book.

We hope you and your child enjoy working together with My Home Booklet!

Your child’s English teacher